obama leads mitt romney by three points. a couple of days ago the two men were one. apart. the president's approval rating at 52% the highest since june 2011 right after the killing of osama bin laden's. today the august jobs report was underwhelming, it helped drive unemployment to 8% but that is not great news because 400,000 americans have stopped looking for work and considered to be out of the job market here's anthony mason. >>> two years after she was laid off he finally got a full-time job in august and working as a security guard at a florida racetrack. >>> but he is one of the lucky ones the economy refuses to pick up speed the meager 96,000 jobs created in august the average for the past six months and barely enough to accommodate new people entering the work force this economist is with numerous securities >>> companies are unwilling to hire and consumers are unwilling to spend it grates and anemic cycle >>> the unemployment rate to decline but only because more people are leaving the work force among working age america is the participation rate has dropped to